Gate.



B. E. FIELD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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B. E. FIELD.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8, 1914,

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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BEBTON E. FIELD, OF MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOWILLIAM A. PETERSON, 0F MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

GATE.

Application filed April 8, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERTON E. FIELD, citizenof the United States, residing at Miller, in the county of Hand andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in gates, more particularly tothe class of farm gates which are operable from a distance by a personapproaching in a vehicle or upon horseback, and has for one of itsobjects to providea simply constructed device which is partly automaticin its action and which may be opened or closed by a slight operation ofa pulling device.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim; and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is aside elevation of the gate and an end elevation of the operating meansillustrating the construction and operation. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the operating means with the gate in section on the line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the gate in open andtilted position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the im proved apparatus withthe gate in closed position. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view ofthe tilting member. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the keeperfor the tilting member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved gate operating apparatus includes a relatively tall post 10located at the hinge side of the gateway opening and another post 11which may be shorter than the post 10, and located at the latch side ofthe gateway opening. Connected to the post 10 is a hanger devicerepresented as a whole at 12 and formed with a guideway 13. A tiltingbracket forms a part of the improved device and includes an upper member14: with downturned ends 15 and a rear member 16, the latter being ofless width than the ends 15 and operates through the seat or cavity 13of the hanger member 12. The hanger bracket is thus slidably disposedrel- Specificaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial no. 830,483.

ative to the post 10 within the range of the member 12-13. V

The gate may be of any suitable construction, and it is not desiredtherefore to limit the invention inthis respect, but for the purpose ofillustration a conventional gate is shown including vertical endterminals 1718, horizontal rails 19 and a brace 20. At its lower endthemember 17 is provided with a stud 21 which is mounted for rotation in astep 22. At its upper end the member 17 is provided with an upwardlydirected pin 23 which extends through an aperture or bearing in theupper member 14: of the tilting bracket.

Pivoted at 24L to the post 10 is a lever arm 25 extending at its lowerend at 26 through a hearing or seat in the member 14: of the tiltingbracket. Pull cables or other suitable devices are connected to thelever 25 at its upper end as represented at 27 and extending in oppositedirections to a sufficient distance to enable them to be actuated from avehicle or on horseback by a person approaching from a distance. To thisend guide posts 28 are located at convenient points to carry the members27 and support them in convenient position for use.

When the gate is in closed position, the tilting bracket will bemaintained in hori- Zontal position as shown in Fig. 2, while the lever25 will be in vertical position, or substantially in vertical alinementwith the gate. If it is desired to open the gate one of the members 27is actuated to cause the lever 25 to swing upon its pivot 2t and thuscarry the tilting bracket to one side or the other through the action ofthe pin 26, as represented in Fig. 3. This movement will tilt the gateto one side and throw it off its balance and cause it to swing into openposition, and the gate may thus be caused to swing in either directionby simply swinging the lever 25 from one side to the other. When thegate is in closed position a pull upon the cable at one side of thegateway opening will cause it to swing into open po sition, then when itis desired to close the gate it is only necessary to reverse theposition of the lever 25. A latch device 29 is connected at 30 to themember 18 of the gate and adapted to automatically engage with thekeeper 31 upon the post 11, and as the gate swings into closed positionthe latch located at opposite sides "of the gateway opening in the pathof the gate When 'it is swung into open position andprov'ided Withcatches 35 adapted to be engaged by loopsor like devices 36 on the ga'teWhen the gate is swung into open position, and thus lo'ck 'the gateopen. When thegate i x closed a 'pullupon the member 27 Will firstelevate the outerend of the gateand release the loop from the catch. Thetilting bracket 7 and-the guidemember are preferably as lightas possibleconsistent With the strains to which they will be subjected 'When inuse.

The improved device is simple in" construction, can beinexpensively-manufactu'red and applied Without material structuralchange to gates of various sizes and constructions.

etsspaced'apart, a gate including an end uh'eiiibe'r having a-s'tudengaging one of the sockets of the horizontal member of said bracket, alever pivoted to said post undengaging atone end in the'other socket ofsaid bracket and operative to move the bracket and the gate coupledthereto transversely of the hangerdevice and the post.

Intestim'on'y whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I BERTON El FIELD. "Witnesses F. D. GREENE,

W: A. PETERSON.

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